SpoolTek Fatty - 6in - Sinking - Mullet

SpoolTek Fatty - 6in - Sinking - Mullet

Price: $19.99
Model
TD Code
LengthTypeLeaderHook
Size
ColorPrice
SKLHFT6SKMLT
SLT-0012-5
6inSinkingStainless Steel6/0Mullet$19.99 USD
The SpoolTek Fatty has a short, thick, baitfish profile designed to emulate pilchards, croakers, pinfish, finger mullet, herring, threadfin shad, gizzard shad, bunker and others. The lure's most unique feature is the internal spool containing a stainless steel leader (braid for Bass colors only) that will separate from the lure when a fish strikes. This allows anglers to use lighter leaders attached to the eyelet of the lure, thus enhancing the action while preventing breakoffs due to the internal leader. It is also important to note that the hooked up fish will be unable to use the weight of the lure for leverage to throw the hook.
3 Stars based on 12 reviews
By Chris
Massachusetts
really expensive swim shad
March 13, 2022
this doesnt do anything that a swimshad or a savage jig doesnt do, and it doesnt do either very well. on top of being so expensive
Cons
  • far to expensive
By Anonymous
Fernandina Beach, FL
Good for Tarpon
October 19, 2021
Very good bait for working mullet schools, I replaced stock hook with Circle hook and doubled my success rate.
Pros
  • Tarpon love them
Cons
  • They need Circle hooks for more hookups with Tarpon
By nicolas
Armenia, Colombia
Good
September 16, 2021
It definitely catches fish, but plastic tail tears off really easy .
Pros
  • catches fish
Cons
  • Tears of with ease
By Anthony M.
Branford ct
Release the hook so ithe lure can’t be used as leverage
March 8, 2021
Good.
Cons
  • Plastic could be more cut resistant
By ANGEL M.
TRUJILLO ALTO, PR
Good lure for tropical waters...
February 24, 2021
The Spool Tek Fatty work very well in tropical waters near mangrove areas whit light wind.
In this particular scenario the predators of the shallow water come tu hunt small fish.
The vibration of the Spool Tek attract the predators lique Mangrove Snapers, Jack's and Pargos.
Pros
  • Performance.
Cons
  • Many type's of fish destroy de back soft part of the lure in few bites.
By Joe
Medford, NJ
Catches fish
October 29, 2020
This is a great early season striper lure in the Northeast. I love the size of this lure it does a great job of imitating large bunker and mackerel. Great action, but paint doesn't last long and need replacement tails.
Pros
  • action
  • size
Cons
  • paint chipping
  • weak tails
By Smitty
Florida
Great Design but
September 27, 2020
Poor quality. I’ve done really well with these lures and it’s a great design but they don’t last very long. Every One I have the hook doesn’t seat down in the lure after a few catches. You would think that for $20 they would make them better quality. This lure requires more maintenance than my reel after fishing in saltwater
Pros
  • Design
  • Idea
  • Casting ability
Cons
  • Poor quality
  • Leader spool freezes up
  • Hook doesn?t seat in the groove
By Nat
Naples, FL
Marginal
July 8, 2020
Appears to be a great lure. However, trying to get the hook to re-seat is difficult. Hat to use a needle nose plier to turn the wheel to re-seat it all the way.
By Scott
East coast Florida
Great product
July 8, 2020
Quality built and the weight forward design after strike prevents hook throws.
By Van
SoMD
good ideal on an older bait
May 31, 2020
This is a great idea on an old lure. I use jigheads or bucktails with soft shad swim bait. I've had many tails bitten off or lost the entire lure due to a bluefish swallowing the bait and biting the mono or fluoro leader. In theory this lure fixes that problem. They aren't cheap but they are well built and the back half deploys out with a steel line to keep the fish from biting anything off and the front half is hard plastic. They swim well and have nice action. We've used them several times but have not caught anything yet. I'll continue to use at least one of these every time we troll.
By Kegger C.
Raynham, MA
Paint wont last an entire season on the Cape
May 14, 2020
Got a larger one of these when I signed up for the Striper Cup a few weeks ago. I really thought the lure was promising, so I went and purchased 3 different ones in a small size for when the schoolies (Stripers) arrived. These lures cast extremely well. They swim well. And the hookup on these is just like the video. I switched from my white fatty 4" to the Mackerel fatty 4" and my reels went screaming.
However, after a few catches, the hook will not sit back into place which caused it not to swim the same way. And the paint is already chipping off.

I don't know about you, but a $15+ lure should be able to survive more than 3 hours of catch and release off the beach in Cape Cod, MA. I will give my review on the others as soon as I get a hookup with them to give them a fair shake.

Until then, "Tight Lines"

Kegger the Fishin' Chef
Pros
  • Casts like a bullet.
  • Swims well.
  • Great Hookup
  • Great Color Scheme on the Mackerel
Cons
  • Sub par painting - flaking after only a few hours of catch and release.
  • Hook will not seat properly after catching 3 fish and cannot make it any tighter
By Philip
Tallahassee
Braided line
April 23, 2020
The Spoolteks that have braid instead of stainless steel are not the same quality and hook with braided line does not stay attached to body.
Pros
  • None
Cons
  • The braided line will not last. Tails now stick to other spooltek baits.
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